Chautauqua and Mesa

[realitycheck]

I come and go on these forums, so this issue might have already been discussed. However, we all know that Chautauqua and Mesa succeed primarily on their ability to undercut other regionals. Have these pilots ever tried to get more compensation? In other words, since payroll is the single largest expense, and these carriers are able to undercut others, it suggests that their compensation sucks.

Since I am also lazy, I'm relying on everyone else to provide pay / compensation details. But what I really want is these regionals to raise the cost of doing business, so the majors have to raise fares.

Cartels don't work- there's always some guy willing to sell or do something cheaper than the collective whole. And the company I work for continually asks us to hang in there, and wait for better times down the road. And I'm sure other guys have heard the rhetoric as well...

How long is this freakin' road? And will Chautauqua "I'd like to buy a vowel" and Mesa "11 days off is great!" shorten this journey?

BTW, how are JetLink's negotiations going?

 

[Cracker]

This whole topic is a horse that has died and been beaten several dozen times. The easiest thing to do is go back to the other threads that dealt with this topic and read them for yourself.

Grab some popcorn and enjoy.

 

[low-key]

FLAMEBAIT

 

[ERJDRVR]

FLAMER

 

[embraerjetpilot]

Ok As swipe... Dont put Mesa and Chautauqua together for your uninformed ignorant mind.. Mesa sold out... they sold everyone in this industry out. They should be ashamed... I heard a Mesa guy last week tell us how great it was they were getting 12 days off this month... They sold their souls to the devil, and they show no remorse.... call this a flamebait... but those guys deserve it. Chq has a bunch of standup guys would did the best they could after Mesa sold them out.

 

[mesa rocks]

flamebait

 

[CRJ puppy]

I do not like the taste of bait...flamed or otherwise.

Thank you.

 

[low-key]

I hate to even post again on this thread but, Mesa bent over without even being asked and with no lube and just took it, CHQ went to a strike vote that passed with a whopping majority and sealed themselves a solid deal that was alot better that their previous... Kudos to those guys in a post 9-11 enviorment for doing what they did, Mesa could learn alot from them and the other Regionals out there who are not racing to the bottom.

 

[cl65200]

Low-key..Embraerpilot.....Not only are you tasting the bait, but you swallow it......

 

[Cows Go Moo]

Just about everything worth saying has already been said. The Mesa-bashing is board mob-rule populist ignorance.

Have fun, guys.

 

[Axel]

Just about everything worth saying has already been said.

And a lot that was not worth saying as well